harassment
Example Sentences
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It’s a form of harassment, even if it’s ultimately not successful in securing the prosecution and I understand that.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
When the men follow them to their seats to continue the harassment, the singer puts it to a halt with a confrontational, “Stop! . . . Gimme a beat!”
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
She previously spoke to the BBC after reporting another police officer, former inspector Paul Whitehurst, of Warwickshire Police, for harassment.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
It was part of a pattern of police harassment that he’d endured for much of his adult life, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
From August to December 1942, just after the issue of Stalin’s Order 227, the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment was based in the Caucasus Mountains, for their harassment missions in their open-cockpit Po-2 planes.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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